I have no clue on this one

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Okay, so here is my confusion on this one. The jersey appears to be well made, cut well, and doesn't scream out "FAKE", but as far as I know, the NFL has not produced any of the orange alternate Browns jerseys since about 2006. Long before Hillis played for us. So how would there be a jersey of him. If its fake, its the best orange ALT fake I've seen. Most of the fake orange jerseys give the jersey just an outline, as opposed to a shadow like the real thing. If you dont know what I mean, heres pics.

Fake:


Real (Replica pic, I know, you get the idea.):


I'm stumped.

I actually think it's genuine. I know of the seller, and he is regarded as selling authentics. However, he's also known as being particularly unpleasant to deal with. If you ask to see closer pictures, there's a reasonable chance he'll be pretty ratty about it.

I know he's seriously unpopular on other forums, and has upset a lot of people with shady re-tagging practices:

http://jerseycentral.org/viewtopic.php?f=2&t=7888&hilit=thesofasurfer

I'm no expert on Browns jerseys, but I'd guess it is a blank that's been customized if the orange jerseys were pre-Hillis. The numbering etc looks good, so I'm sure it's been done professionally.

I'll leave it up to you anyway. This guy has a jersey I was (still am) interested in, but I was majorly put off by other people's reports.

Sofasurfer customizes his own jerseys.... but doesn't seems know much about them.

He sold me an Andre Tippett jersey with sewn numbers (which the Pats didn't wear until 1994). I also saw some '93 Marlins jerseys with '97 players on them. His jerseys use authentic materials, but they're anachronistic.

It's a definate custom job, even down to a newer jocktag. The jersey itself is genuine though.